Silo-filler.



I. W. KELLY.

SILO FILLER.

APPLIOATION FILED smmzv, 1913.

Patented Mar. 23, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO-, FHOTO-LITHQ, WASHINGTON. D. C.

ISAAC W. KELLY, OF LYNDEN', ONTARIO, CANADA.

SILO-FILLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. September 27, 1913. Serial No. 792,131.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC WESLEY KELLY,

a subject of the King of Great Britain, and

a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Lynden, in the countyof Wentworth, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Silo-Fillers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to silo fillers and it has for its object toprovide a collapsible or telescopic filler which can be readily andexpeditiously fixed in position and removed when desired.

My invention is illustrated on the accompanying sheet of drawings, inwhich-- Figure 1, represents by a longitudinal section one convenientembodiment of the inthen serving to vention; and Fig. 2, is an exteriorelevation showing the silo filler in itscollapsed position.

According to my invention I construct a series of tapered telescopictubes 1, 2, 3, for example, from appropriate material, the uppermostsection 1, whereof is formed with an elbow or the like 4, adaptedforready fixture to the source of feed in any appropriate manner. To thelower section 3, I fit a circumscribing or annular sleeve 5, adapted formovement between fixed flanges 6, 6, and to said sleeve I attach ahandle or manipulating member 7 by means of which the filler can beeasily moved over the inner area of the silo.

8-8 are members of flexible material connected to an extension 8 of thelower section 3 and threaded through eyelets 9-9 on the upper sections12 and which members may be secured at their upper ends to any fixedsupport (not shown) said members limit the extension of the telescopicsections so that they may never become disengaged from each other. Alsoconnected to the extensions 8 and threaded through the eyelets 9 areflexible members 11l1 which when drawn upon collapse the Copies of thispatent may be obtained for from the body telescopic filler asillustrated in Fig. 2. Particular attention is directed to the handle 7which is so mounted upon the lower section 3 that as the material risesin the silo the handle may be moved either vertically or horizontally toa position most convenient to the user. lVhen the material has risennearly to the lower end of'the lower section 3 the handle will lie nearthe upper flange 6.

Patented Mar. 23, 1915.

Then the filler will be partly collapsed to continue the fillingoperation and since this will lift the lower end of the spout away ofmaterial or ensilage the most convenient position for the handle willthen be near the lower flange-6.

From the foregoing 'it will be readily seen that by my invention Iprovide an extremely simple and effective device for the purpose?specified, and I .wish it clearly understood that the details of sizeand the number and proportions of the several parts may be variedwithout in any way departing from" the spirit and scope of my saidinvention.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A silo filler comprising a plurality of telescoping sections, spacedfixed annular members surrounding the lowermost section, an annularmember surrounding the said section and arranged to turn thereon and Inthe presence of,-

ALFRED T. BRATTON, GERTIE NICHOLSON.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

I. W. KELLY.

